The NSA does not need to be able to break PGP. Passwords are used by people, and that's an inherent weakness. Any PGP password will be of finite length and finite complexity. So do you think it's beyond the NSA's ability to store massive lookup tables of every letter/number/symbol combination available on a standard 101-key keyboard, up to some finite length? Not hardly.
And is it difficult to implement this brute-force key search on the massively parallel architectures surely used by the NSA? Nope.
Think about the average complexity of any password a normal individual would use repeatedly, and you'll see how easy this really is. The NSA laughs their collective asses off at any commentary that begins, "The NSA cannot break [insert cipher name here]. Nobody can, not ever."
We don't even need to talk about differential cryptanalysis and other such exploits that would help to make the NSA's job even easier. Why bother? The weakness of the people who use the passwords is enough to "break" just about anything.
You will change the definition of any word that stands in the way of your mindless conviction.
I'm not changing any definitions here. They're not mine to change. I'm the one arguing for a standard of absolute truth. You're the one arguing for relativism. In point of fact, you're the one who wants to change the definitions to meet your own ends. I'm saying they can't be changed; they're set by an eternal God whose character is, was, and always will be unchanging.
And as for the "mindless conviction" part... Do I really appear mindless to you? My arguments are logical and well-articulated, and you know it. You may not agree with me, but it's hard to make a case that I'm an idiot.
How is a story about a god creating simpletons and then getting angry at them for being easilly decieved by another one of his creations proof of ANYTHING?
You have to understand that God doesn't have to conform to your definitions; He becomes the definition. That's why He's God; He sets the standard. That which is good, which is right, which is pure, which is loving, etc.: All those standards are God's to define. You're looking at it from the wrong perspective.
So God is perfect, because that's part of the definition of who God is. And you're not perfect, because that's part of the definition of who you are. You're a fallen, imperfect creature, just like all of us who are not God.
God is narcissistic and couldn't care less about the suffering of men
Again, you're using the wrong perspective for your definition. By man's perspective, is God narcissistic? In other words, does He subscribe to the belief that His own self-interest is the valid end for all of His actions? YES! Because He's God. For you, that behavior should rightly be called narcissistic, because your focus is on yourself and away from God, and your purpose is to glorify Him. For God, it's part of who He is.
It's called "entrapment"... It's sadistic, to say the least.
Not necessarily. It's simply proof that there is only one perfect God, and that man cannot achieve the perfection of God on his own.
Frankly, it doesn't matter what you call it, entrapment or otherwise. Sometimes God does things that man has difficulty understanding, but the reason man doesn't understand is he forgets that God's motivations are not his own. God's purpose is to glorify God. Nothing else matters. Understand that, and you'll finally get it.
Everybody is essentially missing the point on this one.
God knew that His creation would disobey His command. He's omniscient. But God and His creation both have the same ultimate purpose: to glorify God. If you understand the Bible, you'll realize that humanity exists to glorify God, and God exists to glorify Himself.
Likewise, the fall of Adam, which God knew would happen, also serves to glorify God, specifically the Son (1/3 of the triune Godhead). The redemptive act of the Son (crucifixion, resurrection)--necessitated by the fall of Adam--glorifies the Son, while providing grace and salvation to His creation.
The Bible is clear about this: All creation will glorify God whether they "want to" or not, since that is creation's purpose. They will glorify Him by accepting His grace which they could not earn, or they will glorify Him by evidencing His wrath, through judgment. (Yes, God is loving, but He is also just.)
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And is it difficult to implement this brute-force key search on the massively parallel architectures surely used by the NSA? Nope.
Think about the average complexity of any password a normal individual would use repeatedly, and you'll see how easy this really is. The NSA laughs their collective asses off at any commentary that begins, "The NSA cannot break [insert cipher name here]. Nobody can, not ever."
We don't even need to talk about differential cryptanalysis and other such exploits that would help to make the NSA's job even easier. Why bother? The weakness of the people who use the passwords is enough to "break" just about anything.
I'm not changing any definitions here. They're not mine to change. I'm the one arguing for a standard of absolute truth. You're the one arguing for relativism. In point of fact, you're the one who wants to change the definitions to meet your own ends. I'm saying they can't be changed; they're set by an eternal God whose character is, was, and always will be unchanging.
And as for the "mindless conviction" part... Do I really appear mindless to you? My arguments are logical and well-articulated, and you know it. You may not agree with me, but it's hard to make a case that I'm an idiot.
You have to understand that God doesn't have to conform to your definitions; He becomes the definition. That's why He's God; He sets the standard. That which is good, which is right, which is pure, which is loving, etc.: All those standards are God's to define. You're looking at it from the wrong perspective.
So God is perfect, because that's part of the definition of who God is. And you're not perfect, because that's part of the definition of who you are. You're a fallen, imperfect creature, just like all of us who are not God.
God is narcissistic and couldn't care less about the suffering of men
Again, you're using the wrong perspective for your definition. By man's perspective, is God narcissistic? In other words, does He subscribe to the belief that His own self-interest is the valid end for all of His actions? YES! Because He's God. For you, that behavior should rightly be called narcissistic, because your focus is on yourself and away from God, and your purpose is to glorify Him. For God, it's part of who He is.
Not necessarily. It's simply proof that there is only one perfect God, and that man cannot achieve the perfection of God on his own.
Frankly, it doesn't matter what you call it, entrapment or otherwise. Sometimes God does things that man has difficulty understanding, but the reason man doesn't understand is he forgets that God's motivations are not his own. God's purpose is to glorify God. Nothing else matters. Understand that, and you'll finally get it.
God knew that His creation would disobey His command. He's omniscient. But God and His creation both have the same ultimate purpose: to glorify God. If you understand the Bible, you'll realize that humanity exists to glorify God, and God exists to glorify Himself.
Likewise, the fall of Adam, which God knew would happen, also serves to glorify God, specifically the Son (1/3 of the triune Godhead). The redemptive act of the Son (crucifixion, resurrection)--necessitated by the fall of Adam--glorifies the Son, while providing grace and salvation to His creation.
The Bible is clear about this: All creation will glorify God whether they "want to" or not, since that is creation's purpose. They will glorify Him by accepting His grace which they could not earn, or they will glorify Him by evidencing His wrath, through judgment. (Yes, God is loving, but He is also just.)
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